07.11.2015 01:00

There’s a story Stephen King can’t resist telling. He was shopping for
cinnamon buns and potato chips one day when a woman approached him.
She told him that she didn’t care for horror stories like the ones he
wrote, and preferred uplifting stories, like “The Shawshank
Redemption.” When Mr. King told her he wrote that, too, she didn’t
believe him.

26.10.2015 01:00

Guy English:

Clang appears to be following the same path that WebKit has. Apple
switched over to Clang years ago and the pace of development of
Objective-C accelerated immediately. A few years ago Clang became the
default compiler for FreeBSD, displacing GCC. In early May Microsoft
announced that they’re Bringing Clang to Windows. According to The
Register, Microsoft will have a release of Visual Studio that uses
Clang as the front-end to their compiler in November.

26.10.2015 01:00

John wrote like a mad-man in the beginning of Daring Fireball’s
infancy and he kept writing and kept writing until his audience
trusted and supported him. That is what has allowed John to have DF’s
current format of commentary on link posts with bigger pieces written
in between.

I couldn’t resist to not go “Daring Fireball” on a post with that title.
There is a place for both, and it all depends on what you want to do
with it. My view is that you can do both, write original content, and
link to the interesting stuff; the former is the hard part, linking is
easy. But it is easier to get lasting readers with the former, and not
so with the later; while it is easy to get more views with the later.

26.10.2015 01:00

22.10.2015 02:00

Clipcast is a distributed clipboard synchronization tool for Mac OS X
and iOS. Well, actually, it’s more than that. It allows you to quickly
sync text, photos and web links between your desktop, laptop and iOS
devices — as well as Android and Windows systems — which makes it
extremely convenient.

This one looks interesting. The thing that annoy me about the various
apps I have used for this in the past is that they either doesn’t work
on corporate-style networks, or that they are unmaintained. While
Clipcast use Dropbox, which makes it very useful.

22.10.2015 02:00

22.10.2015 02:00

22.10.2015 02:00

The mechanism that is an SLR camera–the mirror, the shutter, and the
rest–is a bit old and creaky. Removing it in mirrorless cameras madE
competition from outsiders easier. I’d argue the same is true for the
internal combustion engine. Existing car makers have so much
specialized knowledge about how to make the best and most reliable
internal combustion engines and, for many years, the acquisition of
this specialized knowledge was the barrier to entry for anyone that
wanted to make cars. However, that is changing. Electric cars are much
simpler. There is an electric motor that is attached to a chassis with
some sort of braking and steering mechanism. Carburetors, pistons,
engine blocks, smog absorbers, oil pans, and all that other junk that
are required to make an internal combustion engine all get thrown out
the window with an electric car.

I mostly agree, I think, as for the fossil care, there will be a time
and a place for it, for a very long time to come. But I don’t think it
is the right thing for most people today. But I think people, like me,
who has a lot of money invested in accessories and glass for a type of
camera are going to stick with it for a while.

The question for me, is not if I should get rid of my DSLR or not, but
rather if there are some mirrorless camera that fit between my DSLR and
my iPhone; the answer to that question right now is: the Fujifilm
X100-series.

Will my next camera my a DSLR? No, it will be something like the
Fujifilm X100t. But I know I will buy another Canon DSLR when my current
camera breaks

The reasons are simple:

I have most of the optics I want and need, and it is much cheaper for
me to buy a few more lenses to have everything, than it is to sell
them, and start from scratch.

21.10.2015 02:00

In my few days of using the keyboard full-time, I’ve already learned
to back off the pressure with which I type. That’s a good thing, as
smashing these keys into the aluminum beneath them is going to be hard
on me and the keyboard long term.

I’m not sure if Apple’s current keyboard trend is good, bad or whatever.
I have used Apple Keyboards for a very long time, but I might go for
logitech the next time.